Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Rentsch Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { }) Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 22:42:30 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: <8634d9xe0p.fsf@linuxsc.com> References: <20250415153419.00004cf7@yahoo.com> <86h62078i8.fsf@linuxsc.com> <20250504180833.00000906@yahoo.com> <86plggzilx.fsf@linuxsc.com> <86ldr4yx0x.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87wmam4xa5.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <868qn2zl1m.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87jz6m4m2o.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <86selaxprh.fsf@linuxsc.com> <874ixq41xs.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <86frh9ykrv.fsf@linuxsc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 07:42:32 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2fbcfbf8f4ee6298a3bd638090042c8c"; logging-data="1718299"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19F3UfiAM1LDc4j2K747ehE+0DV/VdIrtM=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:62/TV70UeQkw0NgtqyHZpfA77Dw= sha1:oOCS+CPMgfQnwuFg81SIlYnq8bI= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:393367 Richard Heathfield writes: > On 12/05/2025 15:19, Tim Rentsch wrote: > >> It strikes me that you have a rather self-centered view of the >> world. > > So do you. So do I. So does everybody else. Your eyes are at the > precise centre of your observable universe. I think you have misunderstood me. Certainly I would say you have your own views and opinions, and many of them strongly held. But that isn't the same as what I mean by self-centered. I don't think of you as being self-centered in the same sense as what I was trying to say above. (At some later time I may have more to say about your other comments, but it seemed important to respond to this part more promptly.)